Woman, dog found dead after fire in Tempe home near University, McClintock drives

Angela Cordoba Perez, Arizona Republic
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A Tempe Police cruiser and tape blocks access to the street that leads to the scene of a house fire that left one woman and a dog on East Kirkland Lane and South Casitas Drive on Sept. 28, 2022.
A Tempe Police cruiser and tape blocks access to the street that leads to the scene of a house fire that left one woman and a dog on East Kirkland Lane and South Casitas Drive on Sept. 28, 2022.

Firefighters found a woman and dog dead on Wednesday after responding to a fire at a fourplex near University and McClintock drives in Tempe.

After receiving calls about a fire around 9 a.m., Tempe and Mesa crews found a fire in the bedroom of one home and put the fire out, according to Andrea Glass, spokesperson for Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department. Firefighters found a woman and her dog and took them out of the home.

Both were dead, according to Glass.

Police and fire crews respond to the scene of a house fire on Sept. 28, 2022, that left one woman and a dog on East Kirkland Lane and South Casitas Drive.
Police and fire crews respond to the scene of a house fire on Sept. 28, 2022, that left one woman and a dog on East Kirkland Lane and South Casitas Drive.

The fire didn't extended outside of the bedroom and other units had residual smoke damage. No one else was injured, said Glass.

An investigator was on scene determining the cause of the fire.

Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.

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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Woman, dog found dead after fire in Tempe home